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BUCKLE.

No. 330,518. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

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CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY, OF NEW YORK, N.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,518, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed August 252, 1885.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to buckles for suspenders and for other purposes, and its primary object is to facilitate the production of the buckle and reduce the cost of its manufacture.

When the several parts of the buckle are prepared according to my present invention, they may be assembled very quickly and without the exercise of much skill.

It is also an object of my invention to improve the locking-lever plate so as to render more secure the locking of the webbing in the buckle.

The features of novelty for which I desire protection are pointed out in the claims at the end of this description.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this description, and in which like parts are indicated by like letters, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a buckle-blank constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of the double-headed pin which constitutes the axis of the lever-plate. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the under face of the completed buckle with the leverpla-te elevated, so as to more fully expose its construction; and Fig. 4 is a top plan view showing thelever plate, having pin D secured to its top instead of to its under surface, as in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A is the buckle-frame, which may be of any suitable material, and may have upon its exposed surface any desirable ornamentation. Bis the usual tongue for securing the suspender-ring for instance, in position when it has been caught over the turned-up projection O.

The letters a a indicate wings at the sides of the blank, which are adapted to be bent up to furnish bearings for the axis of the lever-plate. As thus described, this blank is not unusual; but in the process of stamping it outl arrange the tool to cut the cars at the points I) b, for a purpose presently explained.

The pin D, which is the axis upon which the Serial No. 175,084. (No model.)

-while in Fig. 3 it is secured to its under surface. In both cases the connection of the pin to the plate is effected expeditiously by cutting back small portions of the inner edge, 0, of the plate and turning up the cut portions (1 securely around the pin D, as shown in both of the views referred to. The inner edge, a, of the lever-plate is at right angles to the body of said plate, add is designed, when the leverplate is turned down upon the webbing, to hold the webbing from slipping through the buckle. This feature is an old one.

A peculiarity of my lever-plate lies in bending its front or outer edge, e, at right angles to its body, so that when the plate is locked on the webbing the said front edge will bind the webbing, and that more firmly as the webbing is drawn upon. A small portion of this bent front edge, e, is turned up at e, in order to furnish facility for lifting the lever-plate with the thumb-nail when it is desired to shift the position of the webbing in the buckle.

The lever-plate, constructed in the manner explained, and having the pin D secured thereto, as shown and described, is affixed to the buckle blank A, as follows: In the first place the buck'leblank itself is prepared by binding over the projection C, so that its end will just cover the spring-tongue B, in the usual manner, and its wings a a are bent up at right anglesto the main portion of the blank, as shown in Fig. 3., In this condition the blank is ready to receive the lever-plate E, which is secured in position by pressing inward the ears b b, so as to permit the heads of the pin D to pass through the openings from which the ears b have been pressed. YVhen the axis of the lever-pl ate has been properly adjusted, the ears are pressed back and their ends looked under the heads of the pin D, as shown in Fig. 3. This method of construction avoids the necessity of heading the pin after it has been inserted in its bearings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. The buckle-frame having ears I), punched therefrom, as explained, in combination with the lever-plate having secured thereto the doubleheaded pin D, which pin is held in position by the ears b, bearing upon the inner surfaces of its heads, substantially as set forth.

2. A buckle consisting of the frame A, having ears [2, lever-plate E, having its front edge formed at right angles to its body, and doubleheaded pin D, the whole constructed and operating substantially as set forth.

3. A buckle consisting of the frame A, having ears b, lever-plate E, having its front and rear edges formed at right angles to its body, and double-headed pin D, the whole constructed and operating as and for the purpose de- 15 scribed.

4. A buckle having a lever plate whose front edge is formed at right angles to its body, said front edge being provided with a thumb notch, substantially as set forth.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 21st day of August, A. D. 1885.

CHRISTOPHER O. SHELBY.

Witnesses:

W. O. SHELBY, J. E. M. BOWEN. 

